
Theory for Theatre Studies: Sound
Theory for Theatre Studies: Sound
Susan Bennett
ISBN: 9781474246477
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Overview
Sound provides a lively and engaging overview of relevant critical
theory for students and researchers in theatre and performance studies.
Addressing sound across history and through progressive developments in
relevant technologies, the volume opens up the study of theatrical
production and live performance to understand conceptual and pragmatic
concerns about the sonic. By way of developed case studies (including
Aristophanes's The Frogs, Shakespeare's The Tempest, Cocteau's The Human
Voice, and Rimini Protokoll's Situation Rooms), readers can explore new
methodologies and approaches for their own work on sound as a
performance component.
In an engagement with the burgeoning
interdisciplinary field of sound studies, this book samples exciting new
thinking relevant to theatre and performance studies. Part of the
Theory for Theatre Studies series which introduces core theoretical
concepts that underpin the discipline, Sound provides a balance of
essential background information and new scholarship, and is grounded in
detailed examples that illuminate and equip readers for their own sonic
explorations. Volumes follow a consistent three-part structure: a
historical overview of how the term has been understood within the
discipline; more recent developments illustrated by substantive case
studies; and emergent trends and interdisciplinary connections.